The Filesystem Browser
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The Filesystem Browser

The Filesystem Browser is a folder viewer, allowing you to open files from a displayed folder in the current frame.

From top down, the Filesystem Browser consist of the following elements:

A Toolbar

This contains standard navigations tool buttons (refer to this section for instructions on how to show/hide individual toolbar buttons):

Home

Pressing it will cause the folder view to cd to your home folder.

Up

This will cause the folder view to cd to the immediate parent of the currently displayed folder if possible.

Back

Causes the folder view to cd to the previously displayed folder in the history. This button is disabled if there is no previous item.

Forward

Causes the folder view to cd to the next folder in the history. This button is disabled if there is no next folder.

Reload

Causes the folder view to refresh the current view.

Short View

The folder view will display only the file and folder names, without further details.

Detailed view

The folder view will display additional file and folder details (for example size, permission, modification date).

Bookmarks menu

A menu displaying your favourite folders for quick access to them.

Current document folder

This button will cause the folder view to cd to the folder of the currently active document if possible. This button is disabled if the active document is a new unsaved file or the folder in which it resides can not be decided.

New folder...

Pressing this button will create a new subfolder in the current folder.

Delete

Pressing this button will delete the selected files/folders.

A URL entry

Here you can type the path of a folder to browse. The URL entry maintains a list of previously typed paths. To choose one use the arrow button to the right of the entry. Refer to this section to change the number of URLs to remember.

Tip

The URL entry has folder auto-completion capability. The completion method can be set by right clicking of the URL text and selecting the preferred method from the Text Completion menu.

A Folder View

This is a standard TDE folder view.

A Filter Entry

The Filter entry allows you to enter a filter for the files displayed in the folder view. The filter patterns must be separated by white space. Example: *.cpp *.h *.moc

To display all files, enter a single asterisk * or no filter at all.

The filter entry saves the last 10 filters entered between sessions. To use one of them, press the arrow button on the right of the entry and select the desired filter string. Refer to this section to change the number of filter entries to remember.

The default location of the Filesystem Browser in Kate is to the left of the editing area.

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